Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Authors: | M. Yonas, Welegerima, K., Laudisoit, A., Bauer, H., Gebrehiwot, K., Deckers, S., Katakweba, A., Makundi, R., Leirs, H. |
Journal: | Integrative Zoology |
Volume: | 6 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pagination: | 366 - 374 |
Date Published: | 12-2011 |
Keywords: | ectoparasites, Northern Ethiopia, rodents, zoonoses |
Abstract: | We studied associations between rodents and their arthropod ectoparasites in crop fields and household compounds in the highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. Ectoparasite infestation indices, such as percent infestation, mean abundance, prevalence and host preferences, were calculated for each taxon. In total, 172 rodents from crop fields and 97 from household compounds were trapped. Rodent species and numbers trapped from the crop fields and household compounds were Mastomys awashensis (Lavrenchenko, Likhnova & Baskevich, |
URL: | http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1749-4877.2011.00265.x |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2011.00265.x |
Preliminary investigation on rodent-ectoparasite associations in the highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: implications for potential zoonoses
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